Car idle jump and water from exhaust pipe

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

Can someone please help me. My car has water dripping from the exhaust pipe. The rpms bounce at idle and make my car jump and shake. It sounds like my exhaust is all clogged up or something. Thanks

**dsmuts** · 06-09-2012

Water from the exhaust is normal until the engine has ran for a while and burned all the condensation out of the pipes. Do you have any codes?

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

i just have an egr code because the egr was deleted. But the car started jumping before the egr was taken out

**dsmuts** · 06-09-2012

Have you ever tuned it up? Have you had it scanned to see if there was another code?

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

I scanned it today and i got a p0403 and p0405. one is the egr and the other is the egr sensor+ Reply to Thread

**ShadowSwept** · 06-09-2012

I'm dealing with the same thing right now. Unplug your MAF sensor and see if there's a difference.

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

i took the sensor out and it still does the same thing. There's also some white smoke coming out the exhaust.

**Fivefingerdeathpunch** · 06-09-2012

white is coolant.

Sounds like you got more than 1 problem.

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

it used to be a lot of white smoke but then i changed the lim gasket so now theres barely any. The little bit i saw might just have been leftover or something.

**Scottydoggs** · 06-09-2012

what is your car, make engine year?

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

99 grand prix gtp

**Scottydoggs** · 06-09-2012

did you just finish the lim job? if so are you sure the plug wires are on right.

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

yes im sure. The car was jumping before the lim job.

**Scottydoggs** · 06-09-2012

check engine light on?

**mcsddd** · 06-09-2012

yea its on but just a p0403 and p0405 because of an egr delete. The car was jumping before the egr delete too

**FordMan77** · 06-09-2012

You took the MAF out of the TB, or just disconnected the harness to it?

Check for vacuum leaks. Look under the snout of the S/C at the T and see if it's cracked. You can use carb or brake cleaner to spray around all the vac. connections to see if you hear a difference in the motor while it is running. If you find a spot that makes the motor change tone then that is a vac leak.

As stated, water from the exhaust is normal. Now, the white smoke may or may not be normal. There is a chance that it's normal condensation in the air if you noticed this while it was cool outside. If it was 95* out and you see white smoke then you are burning coolant.